Manon_(film)

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Manon (film)

1949 French film

Manon (French pronunciation: [manɔ̃]) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost.[1] The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was a popular success with over three million tickets sold in France.[1]

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It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.

Synopsis

Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Lloyd, p. 64

Bibliography

  • Lloyd, Christopher. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Manchester University Press, 2007.


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